Any modders please confirm what i need to purchase for FPV?

Thank you for reading, and potentially helping me here.
im looking at this for $550: Phantom 2 vision +. Does not include camera & gimbal. It does have brand new two axis Gimbal for GoPro camera's (GoPro 2, 3, 3+, 4).

The seller states " As this is a vision 2 plus, it is equipped with FPV, however, I have not wired this one as I am not sure of the connections. I think you just need an FPV Hub ($12.95) I do know that Spytech carries a custom USB cable to make the A/V connection from the GoPro clone ($8.95). "

I have a gopro 4 silver. so.. im wondering.. is this true that it would cost little to get FPV working with my gopro and ipad/android device?
Based on the infrmation at hand, is more than a hub and cable needed?

oh..and on the gimble, i would plan to replace that with a gopro gimble, as this one is a cheap 2-axis amazon special.
but even if it was without gimble, is he correct i would only need the hub and cable? assuming of course, that everything i mentioned is fact...

You will not need the FPV hub if you use the built-in wifi module. The hub is only if you use DJI's 5.8 Ghz transmitter, which you can't use unless you replace your controller and receiver (for 2.4Ghz versions).

Thank you for that info Cityzen. As im totally new to quads (and RC) in general, im trying to wrap my head around the nomenclature.
How does one use the the built in wifi?
you dont mean have the gopro wifi connect to the phantom, do you?
the links you have sent me are talking about ribbon replacement, and so far through the 5 pages im reading, nothing seems to be determined... still reading though and hoping the phrasing begins to take form...
But so far it seems like i would be much better off with the original gimble base board... which i dont have.

Edit: "The original gimbal base was also still in place and allowed telemetry data to be seen on the App"
yeah.. so without the original base.. no telemetry? hmmm.. ugh...

Edit 2: Ok... getting warm again: "If you have no gimbal top board, - it is also ok. In fact, top gimbal board is needed just as a "transit" for powering a wifi module. I mean, 12v+ power line go from the phantom body to the gimbal, and from the gimbal to a wifi module back. Btw, it is great source of EMI. I have no idea, why DJI engineers powered a wifi module with such a "genial" way. "

Well.. it appears that i can get video with little work... but no telemetry.
And i wouldnt fly this with out telemetry. sigh.. oh well..
Thanks for trying Cityzen... I both Appreciate the educational links and your time!

And then hook up mini-IOSD without having to use the canbus like z10m has, this will give us telemetry correct? Wouldn't this be an overlay over an overlay? Or do we need to purchase a PV2 canbus and FPV to intercept all vid signals as an overlay.

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